Rusty Irish

Rusty Irish (died 1999) was an Irish-American drug dealer and bookmaker based out of Newark, New Jersey.

Biography
Rusty Irish was born in Newark, New Jersey to an Irish-American family, and he became an associate of Larry Barrese's crew of the DiMeo crime family. Irish sold drugs and was involved with bookmaking, becoming one of Barrese's top earners; however, he was a dirty heroin addict, and his sale of ecstasy to one teenage boy led to the boy jumping off of a bridge in Paterson. This boy was the grandson of DiMeo boss Junior Soprano's longtime tailor, so Soprano ordered Mikey Palmice to whack Irish. Irish was thrown over the same bridge by Palmice and Joseph Marino, and his death was called a "suicide" after Palmice bribed some African-American men who witnessed the murder. His death created bad blood between Palmice and Barrese.